Users were either walking around, riding some of the passing trains, or driving vehicles of their own.
I realized I had yet to move in this new game, and reached for the normal keyboard controls. I maneuvered my character off the street, before I met an unfortunate demise involving a two-ton armored truck, and treaded the sidewalks in what was almost awe.
Something else that was evident from this game was that it had borrowed from a million sources, and made something new out of it. The feel of the place was like a mix of a million different things from a million different movies, all at once.
There was a buzz of noise and conversation pouring out of my laptop. I shoved my earbuds into the jack, and plugged them into my ears. I checked my cord to make sure my laptop was on charge, glanced at my wifi bar (3 bars, like always), and dived in.
The city, I discovered, was basically the main hub. There were portals from here to every side world and quest. Most of them revolved around old LEGO themes, which was legit. I mean, Friends almost made me gag, but just imagine the possibilities presented by a Lord of the Rings side world.
And there were more worlds than there had ever been themes. This was a crunch of culture, basically the last sixty years represented in one game.
I teleported over to LEGO Minifigures Online, and prepared for my first battle.
I had played that game before, obsessively almost, back when it was free-to-play. It had shut down just about a year after its pay-to-play release, leaving me devastated. Now I was curious about the resurrection.
It thrust me into the starter level, the pirates cove, after some updated cut scenes that reeked less of a time crunch and insufficient funds than the previous game’s had. It spat me out into the game, thrusting the camera out of first-person and into the traditional third-person of this game.
I walked around, using my keypad to battle British soldiers, monkeys and the occasional tiger.
It was a blast from the past.
And it was also easy XP.
Ohoho fancy! I really like how you explain the game. :0 *Throws CONfetti*
I simply CONnot wait for more.
The mere thought of waiting another seCONd is driving me mad!
Please CONTinue this story soon.
I'm sure your other readers CONcure.
... I'm sorry.
That's a lot of puns, even for me, and I'm pretty desensitized.
We always get games in South America two years behind the rest of the world. It’s not because we’re backwards and behind; it’s because we con’t afford them till they come out on the black market.
By the black market, I mean the squat, dingy old military compound that houses the gaming store. It was originally black, but has since been covered in graffiti, much like the rest of the town. Much like the rest of the world, if the internet is any judge. People have many opinions to express, and seemingly the best way to do it is by spray-painting them on the side of a building, train car, or yourself, if you’re an extremist.
Anyways, in case you’re not acquainted with the time period, welcon to the year 2047. We’ve experienced five world wars, three of which happened in my lifespan. I served in the last one for about twenty minutes, before somebody leaded my leg and I retired on pension. Just kidding, they don’t give out pension.
The world is a horrible place, not sure if it is wherever, whenever you are.
I live in the newly-founded republic of Quantatia. In the local dialect, that is something conpletely unrepeatable. I’m fairly certain the people who named the place knew what they were doing.
Oh, there was also a plague. Wiped out most of civilization. It didn’t make it up past the panama, but yeah, everybody below that either got smashed or didn’t. Most were the former.
But hey, we’re coming back. It’s just that, well, everybody hates each other. Trust issues and so on. Imagine that.
So nobody is extending a helping hand to us in the miserable abode of South America. Luckily, bugs are edible down here, and we’re resilient. We’ll live, just so long as there’s wifi.
The login showed up, and I clicked to register a new account. Without hesitation, I typed in “TheGreatCon,” as my username, and promptly invented a thirty-four character password, which I scribbled on my wrist for safekeeping. I’d memorize it tonight.
Oh, and by the way, Con isn’t my name irl. It ain’t even my nickname, like I tell everybody. That’s part of my cover.
You just don’t tell people you’re from South America. All you get is sympathetic looks, and lots of distance. Most people still think we got the plague over here. As if it could spread through the internet.
I selected USA as my country, and moved on. The language barrier was no problem, I taught myself English a long while back. That’s the only way to go somewhere in this world…move to some place that spoke that lingo.
I finished inputting my info, and clicked the “finish” button. It took my account with no CONplaints, and switched me into avatar selection.
I went with a classic LEGO smiley, and threw a sombrero on him. A leather jacket atop that, and a pair of jeans. Simple. Their avatar selection was practically primitive.
From there it launched me straight into the game.
My character spiraled down to the ground, landing amidst a small cloud of dust in a futuristic city street.
Though the whole thing was made out of LEGO bricks, the feel was killer. You almost got chills from the scenery. Everything was so detailed. Everything had like eight layers of texture. Maybe it was just because I normally played third-rate games, but I got the feeling I had stumbled into something big.
That last part will probably be how I feel if I ever get a PS3.
The only games I play are PC and Nintendo DS. I really probs shouldn't be writing a gaming story.
Users were either walking around, riding some of the passing trains, or driving vehicles of their own.
I realized I had yet to move in this new game, and reached for the normal keyboard controls. I maneuvered my character off the street, before I met an unfortunate demise involving a two-ton armored truck, and treaded the sidewalks in what was almost awe.
Something else that was evident from this game was that it had borrowed from a million sources, and made something new out of it. The feel of the place was like a mix of a million different things from a million different movies, all at once.
There was a buzz of noise and conversation pouring out of my laptop. I shoved my earbuds into the jack, and plugged them into my ears. I checked my cord to make sure my laptop was on charge, glanced at my wifi bar (3 bars, like always), and dived in.
The city, I discovered, was basically the main hub. There were portals from here to every side world and quest. Most of them revolved around old LEGO themes, which was legit. I mean, Friends almost made me gag, but just imagine the possibilities presented by a Lord of the Rings side world.
And there were more worlds than there had ever been themes. This was a crunch of culture, basically the last sixty years represented in one game.
I teleported over to LEGO Minifigures Online, and prepared for my first battle.
I had played that game before, obsessively almost, back when it was free-to-play. It had shut down just about a year after its pay-to-play release, leaving me devastated. Now I was curious about the resurrection.
It thrust me into the starter level, the pirates cove, after some updated cut scenes that reeked less of a time crunch and insufficient funds than the previous game’s had. It spat me out into the game, thrusting the camera out of first-person and into the traditional third-person of this game.
I walked around, using my keypad to battle British soldiers, monkeys and the occasional tiger.
It was a blast from the past.
And it was also easy XP.
Yasssss! High quality reading material for me to chew up and process!
Moar!
Trust me, there shall be much moar. I tend to write long stories.
Thanks, you CON only see like half of it right now. I'll have to fix it Monday.
Really? Well I see baby Groot, The Fellowship silhouette, What looks like NF together, Imagine Dragons, the Hitchhiker's guide to the universe (?), and another symbol that is foreign to me. Is there more yet in store??
Okay, either it fixed itself, or I was hallucinating.
The NF is the stage name of a clean rapper I like, and the other symbol is Twenty-One Pilots logo. You identified all the others correctly. It's like a list of all the stickers I wanna stick on my vehicle once I get it.
I clamped the laptop lid down later. I had gotten all the way through the pirates level of Minifigures Online, only to figure out they had reverted to the membership options from free-to-play. I needed more minifigures to advance to the next level. Oh well, I preferred that to the free dump of minifigures you got with the later version.
I had seen a few other users around the game, most of them speeding through the level with barely a nod in my direction. I was massively behind.
I slid the laptop back into the crevice in the rock. I stored it up here. If it lived where I did, it would’ve been pilfered long ago.
The first thing you learn about sleeping in a communal room is that there is no such thing as “property” and “justice.” There’s a lot to be said for locked doors and safes.
I slid off my pedestal with the help of a few good hand holds and bit of a roll at the bottom. I took off down the street, stuffing the plastic wrapping from the game into my pocket. I was on a gamers rush of adrenaline still, which helped me ignore the ache in my leg.
The wound tended to act up on rainy days. Just kidding, it didn’t pay the slightest attention to the weather…yet.
I got a corner cot in the basement I lived in, bypassing the shower in favor of a quick snack of Doritos. I didn’t dream of LEGO Multiplayer Battles that night, though. My mind yet again played through the war in horror movie mode.
-last edited on Apr 16, 2018 17:51:25 GMT by TheGreatCon: Spacing issues. :P
Post by TheGreatCon on Apr 16, 2018 17:49:52 GMT
I'm the type of guy who is obsessed with random statistics. Guess what, you're getting a small dump of them on here, cause I got curious about my MB writing career this morning.
So, I've written a full total of nine stories, 7 of them finished, two of them at least sort of in progress. I think I posted my first while 14. I am now 18. This is 4 years of MB stories, though there is almost a full year's gap due to my recently-recovered-from break.
Here's my stories, with word counts, in order of appearance...or at least, in order of how I think they appeared.
Con Stories: Raptor Rebellion/Dilophosaurus Danger: 4246 Alone on Isla Nublar: 4121 Attack of Awkard Silence: 6643 Lost in a Jurassic Dream : 14494 The Story of Sir Bricks: 7518 The MBer: 25987 WE LOST LOWERY: 13055 The Runner: 10915 BASICS: 3818
That brings my total words written up to...90837. About the size of a good, thick, teen novel.
But wait, Con has written a couple of MB stories that never made the cut and got posted, despite being some of my best work.
Unposted MB stories Lord of the Sombreros: 7953 Losing Likes: 10213
And then there's my co-writes (not a single one of them ever got finished ).
Co-writes: Garflego and Peanuts (Co-write with Glubby): 813 Guardians of the MBs(Co-write with Sweets, Brian, Booomer, Darkie): 2175 Pirates of the MBs(Co-write with Sweets): 2350 Three Parallel Adventures...Journeys...Things (Co-write with Boomer and Legoagentfigure): 1865
Let's not forget a couple random topics that involved quite a bit of typing.
Side projects: Caroling: 544 You Choose the Path of Sir Bricks: 8283 Sir Bricks dares: 8325 Lego Minifigues Online Holiiday Spirit: 1169
And leads my full tally of words written on MB story-related stuff to... 134527
I clamped the laptop lid down later. I had gotten all the way through the pirates level of Minifigures Online, only to figure out they had reverted to the membership options from free-to-play. I needed more minifigures to advance to the next level. Oh well, I preferred that to the free dump of minifigures you got with the later version.
I had seen a few other users around the game, most of them speeding through the level with barely a nod in my direction. I was massively behind.
I slid the laptop back into the crevice in the rock. I stored it up here. If it lived where I did, it would’ve been pilfered long ago.
The first thing you learn about sleeping in a communal room is that there is no such thing as “property” and “justice.” There’s a lot to be said for locked doors and safes.
I slid off my pedestal with the help of a few good hand holds and bit of a roll at the bottom. I took off down the street, stuffing the plastic wrapping from the game into my pocket. I was on a gamers rush of adrenaline still, which helped me ignore the ache in my leg.
The wound tended to act up on rainy days. Just kidding, it didn’t pay the slightest attention to the weather…yet.
I got a corner cot in the basement I lived in, bypassing the shower in favor of a quick snack of Doritos. I didn’t dream of LEGO Multiplayer Battles that night, though. My mind yet again played through the war in horror movie mode.
That was one movie I wished I could switch off.
Aw, poor guy. D: war horror movie mode is never fun.
CON't wait for mooooore! ^-^ *Does a happy little jig*
I'm the type of guy who is obsessed with random statistics. Guess what, you're getting a small dump of them on here, cause I got curious about my MB writing career this morning.
So, I've written a full total of nine stories, 7 of them finished, two of them at least sort of in progress. I think I posted my first while 14. I am now 18. This is 4 years of MB stories, though there is almost a full year's gap due to my recently-recovered-from break.
Here's my stories, with word counts, in order of appearance...or at least, in order of how I think they appeared.
Con Stories: Raptor Rebellion/Dilophosaurus Danger: 4246 Alone on Isla Nublar: 4121 Attack of Awkard Silence: 6643 Lost in a Jurassic Dream : 14494 The Story of Sir Bricks: 7518 The MBer: 25987 WE LOST LOWERY: 13055 The Runner: 10915 BASICS: 3818
That brings my total words written up to...90837. About the size of a good, thick, teen novel.
But wait, Con has written a couple of MB stories that never made the cut and got posted, despite being some of my best work.
Unposted MB stories Lord of the Sombreros: 7953 Losing Likes: 10213
And then there's my co-writes (not a single one of them ever got finished ).
Co-writes: Garflego and Peanuts (Co-write with Glubby): 813 Guardians of the MBs(Co-write with Sweets, Brian, Booomer, Darkie): 2175 Pirates of the MBs(Co-write with Sweets): 2350 Three Parallel Adventures...Journeys...Things (Co-write with Boomer and Legoagentfigure): 1865
Let's not forget a couple random topics that involved quite a bit of typing.
Side projects: Caroling: 544 You Choose the Path of Sir Bricks: 8283 Sir Bricks dares: 8325 Lego Minifigues Online Holiiday Spirit: 1169
And leads my full tally of words written on MB story-related stuff to... 134527
Really? Well I see baby Groot, The Fellowship silhouette, What looks like NF together, Imagine Dragons, the Hitchhiker's guide to the universe (?), and another symbol that is foreign to me. Is there more yet in store??
Okay, either it fixed itself, or I was hallucinating.
The NF is the stage name of a clean rapper I like, and the other symbol is Twenty-One Pilots logo. You identified all the others correctly. It's like a list of all the stickers I wanna stick on my vehicle once I get it.
hmmm….. *mutters under breath*
Ah, If you like that sort of thing you should try LeCray. Ah I've heard one of their songs, it was good. Oh, good. Ah nice choices.
I really like how you explain the game. :0 *Throws CONfetti* 
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I'll have to fix it Monday. 
You identified all the others correctly. 
You identified all the others correctly. 
Oh, good. Ah nice choices. 